MACON COUNTY, NC - NEWSPAPERS - Franklin Observer Abstracts, 16 Mar 1860
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Abstracts of vital and other records from the Franklin Observer,
Friday, March 16, 1860 issue
Abstracted by Dawn Watson (booleygirl@aol.com)
Married on the Raven Fork of Ocanalufta, in Jackson County,
on the 17th of February, by Rev. W. W. Smith, John Ool-stoo-
ih to Gin-seh, grand-daughter of Standing Wolf. The
ceremony was interpreted to the parties by Jefferson
Hornbuckle. This marriage may be worthy of note from the
fact that it is the first licensed marriage that has ever
been solemnized by the Cherokee East...
Married on the 11th of March 1860, by M. Rhodes, Esq., Mr.
Jackson Frady to Miss Caroline Scroggs of Macon County.
Obituary: Departed this mode of existence on Wednesday
morning February 20th at the residence of his father, John
Wilson, Esq., on Savannah Creek, Jackson County, NC, Mr.
Joseph H. Wilson, aged 27 years, 6 months, and 24 days...
Died on the 2nd inst., John Wesley Dowdle, infant son of
Felix A. and Sallie L. Dowdle, of Macon County, NC, aged two
years, one month and two days...
Died, of fever, in Jackson Co., NC on the 7th of Feb. ult.,
in the 13th year of his age, Benjamin B. Allison...was early
dedicated by baptism in the M. E. Church, and was a mourner
at the altar of prayer at the camp meeting on Scott's Creek,
in October last; ...his body rests in that lonely spot, (the
grave-yard at Long's Chapel)...
Died in Burnsville on the 27th of February Mr. Joseph
Shepherd, aged 75 years. He was a useful citizen and a good
man.
Rev. R. H. Moody will preach at Franklin the last day of
this month and the first day of April. He also expects to
preach at Cartoogechaye, Coweta, Head of Tennessee and Sugar
Fork Churches, and will probably spend several days in the
vicinity of each while in the county.
The following funerals are expected to be preached on Sunday
of the Quarterly Meeting at Long's Chapel, by brothers Hicks
and Fanning, to wit: Sarah Davis, Isaac H. Davis, Adalade
Davis, Malinda Potts, John B. Allison and Benjamin B.
Allison.
Notice: This is to forewarn J. D. Franks from paying a
certain note given to myself by the said Franks, for one
hundred dollars, due the 1st October, 1860, as the said note
has been taken from me by C. C. Zachery, and he will likely
try to make property of the same. I therefore forbid the
said J. D. Franks from paying the same to any other person
than myself. G. D. Edwards March 16, 1860
Ten cents Reward: A round, white boy, named Elbert Clarke,
absconded from the premises of James Cansler, on the 11th
inst., and this is to forwarn all persons from harboring or
protecting him in any way, as I will not be bound for any
debt, or contract that he may make, and the law will be
enforced against any one who harbors him. He is supposed to
have been decoyed off by a man named Ragan, as he was last
seen in his company. Philip Cansler Macon County, March
16, 1860
Administrator's Sale: By virtue of an order of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for Jackson County,
December Term, 1859, I (as Administrator of the Estate of
John Walker, dec'd) will offer for sale to the highest
bidder, on Tuesday, March 20th, 1860, at the Court House
door in the town of Webster, the following lands, to wit:
1st. One twenty-fourth of the Weary Hut? Copper Mine Tract,
containing about 100 acres, adjoining lands of Hugh Rogers
and others. 2nd. One fourteenth part of the James Cooper
Cullowhee Mine Tract, containing seventy acres, adjoining
lands of E. C. Chastain, Wm. H. Bryson, and others. 3rd. One
twentieth part of the Shell Ridge Copper Mine tract,
containing about five hundred and fifty acres, adjoining
lands of Joseph Buchanan and others. The Weary Hut Mine has
been given i* at $30,000 and taxes paid upon that amount.
The other two tracts are ra*ing at from $10,000 to $20,000,
and interests in them have been selling at about these
figures. The purchaser will be required to give note and
approved security. Wm. L. Love, Adm'r Feb. 3, 1860
Valuable lands for sale: I want to sell my farm on Iotla, *
miles north of Franklin. The farm consists of three tracts-
-370 acres, *** acres and 120 acres. The very large amount
of Meadow Land; it's ***tiguity to good Merchant Mills and
proximity to *** mountain range, renders this a desirable
place for farming and stock raising. Those wishing to buy
would do well to call on the subscriber. J. T. Siler
Franklin, NC, Jan. 13, 1860
State of North Carolina, Macon County, In Equity, Fall Term,
1859. A. W. Bell vs. Joshua King. In this case, it
appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the
defendant, Joshua King, is a resident of this State, it is
thereofre ordered that publication be made in the Franklin
Observer commanding the said defendant to be and appear
before the Judge of the next Court of Equity, to be held for
the county of Macon, at the Court House in Franklin, on the
second Monday in March *** then and there to plead, answer
or demur to plaintiff's bill of complaint or judgement pro
confessor* be taken, and the case heard ex parte. Witness,
Jackson Johnston, Clerk and Master, Office in Franklin, the
2nd Monday in Sept. 18**. Issued the 7th of February 1860.
J. Johnston, C. M. E.
$50 Reward: Ranaway from the residence of Mr. A. P. Mundy,
about the first of April, a negro boy named TOM. Tom is
about five feet 10 inches high, weighs about 160 or 170
pounds, aged 27 or 28 years, is square built, well
proportioned, a slick black round face, quick spoken, shows
a good set of white teeth, and has very rough hands--has a
heavy beard but usually keeps it shaved pretty close. The
above reward will be paid for his delivery to the
subscriber, or A. P. Mundy, on Nantahala, or for his
confinement in any Jail, so that he can be had. N. S.
Jarrett It is supposed that Tom has a pass, and is making
his way towards Knoxville or Rockford, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1859
State of North Carolina--Haywood County. Court of Pleas and
Quarter Session, December Term 1859.
Solomon Rhea, and D. V. McCracken, administrators of John Rhea,
dec'd, vs. Robert Rhea, et. al.--
Petition to sell a slave. It appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court that Robert Rhea and the heirs of Mary Hodges
are non-residents of the State of North Carolina. It is
therefore ordered by Court, that publication is made in the
Franklin Observer for six succesive weeks, commanding said
non-residents to be and appear at the next term of this
Court to be held ** the county of Haywood at the Court House
in Waynesville, on the 4th Monday in March next, then and
there to plead, answer or demur to said petition, or the
same will be heard ex parte ** to them. Witness, W. W.
Medford, Clerk of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at office, the
4th Monday in December, 1859. Certified this 12th Jan.
1860. W. W. Medford, clerk Jan. 27